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r/politicaloptimism subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Sep 28, 2026–Oct 28, 2026 (UTC).
From September 28, 2026 to October 28, 2026, 1,355 users on r/politicaloptimism made 408 posts and 7,887 comments, or about 13 posts/day and 257 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 19.3 comments per post; 71.1% of posts and 3.5% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 16.3/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 13.7% of posts and 28.5% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 19:00 (1.7x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.65x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/politicaloptimism
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 16:25 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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